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The Soap Opera Encyclopedia | 
 enlarge | Author: Gerard J. Waggett
Publisher: Avon
Category: Book
Buy Used: $37.43
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1072230
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 644
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0061011576
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.456
EAN: 9780061011573
ASIN: 0061011576
Publication Date: November 1, 1997
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Product Description
Fascinating trivia, inside stories, history, nostalgia -- an in-depth look at every daytime soap opera on TV!PA unique look at TV's most endearing kind of show, IThe Soap Opera Encyclopedia/I is a must-have for any soap fan. Readers will find the history and stars of all the shows, including backstage anecdotes,year-by-year ratings and a who's who with cast lists of all the featured actors and behind-the-scenes personalities.Comprehensive and completely accessible, IThe Soap Opera Encyclopedia/I is the one and only reference to nearly 100 soaps from the first 50 years of TV. Discover:PULLIWhich former IGeneral Hospital/I star's face was once insured for one million dollars.LIWhat IDays of Our Lives/I love theme became a hit singleliWhat film legend once wrote IGuiding Light /I a fan letterliWhich role on IAll My Children/I Susan Lucci originally auditioned forlIWhich scene from IThe Young and the Restless/I was named 1985's Most Tasteless Episode by ISoap Opera Digest/I /ulAnd so much more!
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 A hack job. January 25, 2008
Gun Moll (London, England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mr. Waggett churns these trite books out to hear the sound of his own voice. He has little to add to what we already know about daytime drama and this book is no exception.
 Superb! January 28, 2000
daph (calif)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
All you ever wanted to know about soaps, past and present, can be found in this wonderful book. I have flipped through it for facts so many times that the book is beginning to fall apart. I can't wait til another info.-packed book by this author comes out!
This Author Has Plenty of Respect June 26, 1999
The reviewer below seems to blame the author for having no respect because he has done a followup to a book by a man who died. I loved Schemering's book too. But the man died. If he did a third soap opera encyclopedia, I would have loved it. But he couldn't. I was glad someone did. And he did a great job of it. It seems he has plenty of respect for the soaps as well as the readers who have been waiting for a new encyclopedia for years. As for Schemering having a right to the title, I don't know how that works after a person dies, but I do know that there are plenty of books here on Amazon with the same titles.
This author has no respect February 24, 1999
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
The author has no respect. This book shows no recognition of the hard work of the original author, the late Christopher Schemering. Schemering wrote the first two editions and might still have control of the titled name of the book.
The most comprehensive book about soap opera's history! December 13, 1998
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book gives you a complete detailed history of such soaps on today such as All My Children, Another World, As The World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our lives, General Hospital, Guiding Light, One Life to Live, Port Charles, Sunset Beach, and The Young and the Restless. An extenshive history of off the air soaps like Capitol, Generations, Love of Life, Loving, Ryan's Hope, Santa Barbara, and Search for Tomorrow. It also includes previous award winners of the emmy's and the digest awards. With biograhies on certain soap opera legends and 46 years of Neilsen ratings of all the soaps. It is absolutely any soap opera fans dream.
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